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Chistmas in Midtown - Silver Dollar City Branson, MO - Photo: Lud Kozlowski In the fall, once I decided to release our first season every other week and saw that the Wednesday schedule would result in having one of the major episodes premiere on Christmas Eve, As a result, production staff, decided to produce a bonus holiday episode that would not be a typical state of confusion episode so that we would not risk using our regular material during a time when people may not be

Lud talks about his foreign trips and how in Morocco a lady from the Netherlands wanted to know about what it is about the American health care system that is so complicated. He says to her do you have several hours to discuss and mentions to Annette that he is well versed in health care due to having to train on the Affordable Care Act. However, if he did not do that for a living, he would be so lost.

We taped the AI episode in April/May of this year and i went with X for the parody piece because I thought it fit in nicely having just done an AI episode. However, what you heard was a totally different production from the original piece as national news caused me to have to totally redo the whole bit between May and November.

There are issues with AI where people have used it in court and judges have called them out for the sources used were hallucinations and they were censured. There are other times you rely on AI for info, and it ends up hallucinating where it makes up nonsense.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not new by any means. It has been around a long time. In terms of its prevalence on the world wide web and adoption by the general public, it has only started to take off since 2022 or so.

Smart phones observationally have this zombie effect on people. I feel it has been the start of our civil discourse falling apart in such a way where we have started to not know how to communicate or be civil to each other. We sit behind a screen and instead of the emotional tone of a voice saying hi how are you it is so much easier to just send texts that could be misread or taken out of context to someone. One of the major problems with texting is you cannot interpret th

Change for a lot of people is hard. Being neurodivergent, I do not need to have this explained to me. However, sometimes when you have a hyper focus of interest in rare instances that may be okay.

The show begins with Annette informing Lud that executives are not happy with how the show is going and are wanting to make changes to the format. As a result, a new host is being brought in immediately. Lud is blindsided by this and we are introduced to Vanessa Vangourd, a very sassy and opinionated no holds barred woman who is not afraid to mix things up.

The photos on the top and bottom row are what we discussed during episode 2. They are from left to right - The 50 foot red, white and blue chicken, Walking Taco sign at Silver Dollar City, Clean Rest Rooms at Silver Dollar City, Sweet Kettle Corn Amish Country Microwave Popcorn, Coca-Cola Soda Fountain Sign at Silver Dollar City Ice Cream Shop back in 2017 - Walking Taco, Clean Restrooms, Amish Popcorn, and Coca-Cola photos taken by Lud Kozlowski, Red White and Blue Chicken

A visit to the patriotic chicken 8.5 years after that disgusting horrifying meal

This very first skit was inspired from a horrifying story that happened on July 19, 2018. On that evening, a Ride the Ducks vehicle, capsized in Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks region of Branson, MO with 31 people on board.

Planning for this podcast happened way before we even recorded the first episode. The show concept sat in my head since fall of last year and started becoming a reality when Annette indicated her interest in starting a podcast. The six main episodes you will be hearing were taped between March and September, but pre-production and planning started in December 2024. While it has been around for a long time, in the last couple of years, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The first episode is a wrap. Here is our remaining schedule for now! We may add an additional episode which will mean our finale will be January 21st instead of January 7th! Welcome to our wonderful show “Thoughts from the 51 st State of Confusion!” This show started being discussed in its present form in December 2024, with the premiere being taped in March 2025. This episode is different from most of the shows you will hear this first season in that we were introducing o

Beyond the Confusion a look at how our show is produced episode 0.95

Lud and the "50 foot chicken" in 2025 - Story about this in episode 2 - The Branson episode - converted from all American to now Hispanic chicken Hi. I am Ludwik "Lud" K., Jr. The co-executive producer, creator, writer, and co-host of the "Thoughts From the 51st State of Confusion Podcast." You might ask yourself what is the inspiration behind this podcast? I will provide a little background in this post, but our first episode will dive into our biographies, backgrounds, and

Greetings from the the city of Perplexi (Perplexity aka "Perplex"-city ) in the nation of "Procrasti" (Procrastination) Communication can be a hot mess! Communication, whether it be through signage, verbal, or nonverbal messaging, can sometimes make you want to scream! The English language can be quite taxing when trying to communicate. Take for instance a scenario where you are visiting your grandma and you say to your her, "Let's eat grandma!" If said as written, she mig